Seven Days, Seven Nights: Drake and Robert Cray among music highlights for May 25-31

The ninth annual Festival TransAmériques presents influential New York choreographer Miguel Gutierrez’s show Age and Beauty Part 1:Mid-Career Artist/Suicide Note or &:-/, about an aging dancer (portrayed by Gutierrez), at Théâtre Prospero (1371 Ontario St. E.) at 7 p.m. Admission: $28 to $34. Tickets: 514-844-3822 or fta.qc.ca. Gutierrez will also DJ at the Quartier général du festival party headquarters in the Agora Hydro-Québec (175 President-Kennedy Ave.) on Tuesday, May 26 beginning at 10:30 p.m. Free admission. The Quartier général du festival also hosts a free French-language public Q&A with legendary director and choreographer Alain Platel, co-founder of Belgium’s Les Ballets C de la B, on Saturday, May 30 at 12:30 p.m. Meanwhile, Les Ballets C de la B’s 90-minute show Tauberbach runs at the Monument National (1182 St-Laurent Blvd.) from Friday, May 29 to June 1. Admission: $40 to $60. Tickets: 514-871-2224. The FTA continues to June 4.

Tuesday, May 26

Montreal’s innovative and immersive three-day conference C2 Montreal — based on the concept of Commerce + Creativity, thus its name — kicks off today at Arsenal (2020 William St.) in Griffintown. In addition to internationally known speakers, C2 Montreal will showcase local fashion and design at the Phi Centre-curated, art-driven Le Rhinocéros by Phi, the official boutique for the conference, featuring oddities, limited editions, one-of-a kind souvenirs, clothing, accessories, prints and jewelry by renowned Montreal designers such as Travis Taddeo, Denis Gagnon, Lafaille and Renata Morales. While the boutique is open only to conference-goers, it will open to the general public at the Phi Centre (407 St-Pierre St.) from June 3 to Aug. 31. Meanwhile, C2 Montreal’s closing party at Arsenal on Thursday, May 28 will be headlined by DJ Windows 98 (a.k.a. Win Butler of Arcade Fire), with guests DJ Papa Kola, Mr. Touré, Speakeasy Electro Swing and Groenland. Closing-party admission: $55. Tickets: 514-380-8755, Local 1207 or c2mtl.com.

Wednesday, May 27

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal closes its 2014-15 season at the Maison symphonique with the first act of Wagner’s Die Walküre. Grammy-winning maestro Kent Nagano will lead the OSM and renowned American soprano Heidi Melton, German tenor Torsten Kerl and Finnish bass Petri Lindroos in three concerts: Wednesday, May 27, Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30, at 8 nightly. Admission: $42 to $129. Tickets: 514-842-2112 or osm.ca.

The Los Angeles all-kids circus troupe Le Petit Cirque (founded and directed by Quebec-born Nathalie Yves Gaulthier) will be joined by young local singing sensations in tonight’s A Chance to ShineGala at Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts, to benefit the Ometz charity, which helps poor kids in Montreal. “It’s kids helping kids fight poverty,” says event chair Ruth Choueke. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. Admission: $50 to $500. Tickets: 514-342-0000, Local 3470 or ometz.ca/shine.

Joel Plaskett will be at the Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre on Thursday night.

Thursday, May 28

Juno Award-winning Canadian indie-folk-rocker Joel Plaskett, who rose to prominence as a member of Halifax alt-rockers Thrush Hermit, headlines the Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre (2490 Notre-Dame St. W.), with the Emergency and Mo Kenny. Showtime: 8 p.m. Admission: $24.50, $27 on the day of the show. Tickets: 514-931-2088 or evenko.ca.

Myriam Panzini, left, and Marie-Anne Pogge take in the Horst: Photographer of Style exhibition at the McCord Museum.

Friday, May 29

Horst: Photographer of Style, the first major retrospective of the works of iconic 20th century fashion photographer Horst P. Horst (produced by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum), makes its first international stop at Montreal’s McCord Museum. The male nudes in this exhibition also deeply influenced photographers Bruce Weber and Robert Mapplethorpe. “I began thinking about this exhibition more than five years ago,” V&A curator Susanna Brown said. “The more I looked at his work, the more I struggled to understand why he isn’t as revered as his fellow photographers of the last century, like Richard Avedon and Cecil Beaton, who have become household names.” This jaw-dropping exhibition will help change that. Horst: Photographer of Style continues at the McCord until Aug. 23. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m. (closed Mondays); free admission on Wednesdays from 5 to 9 p.m. Regular admission: $7.50 to $20. For details, call 514-398-7100 or visit mccord-museum.qc.ca.

Hailed by all the greats, Grammy-winning American blues singer and guitarist Robert Cray headlines a very rare Montreal gig, at the Corona Theatre (2490 Notre-Dame St. W.) at 8 p.m. Admission: $42 to $51.50. Tickets: 514-931-2088 or evenko.ca.

Canadian hip hop superstar Drake headlines one of the most hotly-anticipated concerts of the year at the Bell Centre with opening act Future. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. Admission: $52 to $169. Tickets: 514-790-2525 or evenko.ca.

This Week's Flyers

Comments

We encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts. We are committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion, so we ask you to avoid personal attacks, and please keep your comments relevant and respectful. If you encounter a comment that is abusive, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box to report spam or abuse. We are using Facebook commenting. Visit our FAQ page for more information.